Vittoria is a shy 10-year-old girl, spending the summer on the windswept Sardinian coast with her loving but overprotective mother Tina (Valeria Golino). One day at a rodeo she meets the impetuous Angelica (Alba Rohrwacher). From the moment she first sees Angelica, Vittoria suspects that she is her birth mother, and she quickly becomes drawn to her. Ever unpredictable, Angelica makes a final request before she leaves: she would like to spend some time with Vittoria - and Tina reluctantly agrees. Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.